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Associate ProfessorMegan Smith

Principal Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Orcid identifier0000-0002-0401-2653 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Principal Research Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Improving and optimising prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers, with a focus on equity and efficiency.

A focus on translational research - evaluation of potential future policy options and how well policy changes are implemented.

health economics, economic evlautions, policy evaluation

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    A National, Linked, Clinical Quality Registry (CQR) for Cervical Cancer
    Medical Research Future Fund27 Jun 2024 - 29 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Zalcberg J,
    • Saville M,
    • Brotherton J,
    • Bateson D,
    • Hyde S
  • GRANT
    Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Screening in VaccinatedPopulations: A Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness Model
    Health and Social Care (UK)1 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Smith MA
  • GRANT
    Identifying primary care opportunities to enhance HPV vaccination and cervical screening for priority population groups
    Medical Research Future Fund1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Vajdic C,
    • Kang M,
    • Whop L,
    • Guy R,
    • Brotherton J
  • GRANT
    Linking routine health data to investigate variation and inequality in care and survival to Improve outcomes for women with cervical, uterine, vaginal and vulvar cancer in Australia
    Cancer Australia1 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Roncolato F,
    • Smith MA,
    • Canfell K
  • GRANT
    "It's a gamechanger" - using HPV self-collection to improve equity and participation in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Embedding community driven models to increase cervical screening via HPV self-collection to improve cervical cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cunningham J,
    • Brotherton J,
    • Nightingale C,
    • Smith MA,
    • Guy R
  • GRANT
    Scaling up infectious disease point-of-care testing for Indigenous people
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    THE PREVENT PROJECT
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Powell A,
    • Smith MA
  • GRANT
    Optimising and Successfully Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention Policies
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Smith MA
  • GRANT
    HPV and oropharyngeal cancer in Indigenous Australians (opens in a new tab)⁠
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jamieson L,
    • Dunbar T,
    • Antonsson A,
    • Johnson EN,
    • Mitchell A
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